Bus and Coach

Ratho Coaches has become the first operator in the central belt of Scotland to put an electric coach into service, after taking delivery of a new Yutong TCe12. The Edinburgh-based firm added the coach as part of its sustainability drive,…

UK engineering specialist Equipmake has doubled its fleet repowering agreement with Big Bus Tours, extending the deal to a fleet of 20 vehicles. This follows on from an initial contract with the world’s largest sightseeing company –announced in September 2023…

First Bus has announced a £750,000 investment in its Rochdale bus depot as it prepares to take responsibility for running Bee Network services in the area from March. The investment in the former Transdev site on Corporation Street will see…

Asset Alliance Group has launched a new bus and coach rental offering, in a move designed to significantly expand its market share in the sector. After providing specialist finance for the bus and coach industry for more than 20 years,…

Lockerbie-based luxury coach and bus operator Houston’s Coaches has begun taking delivery of four new Volvo B8RLE-MCV eVoRas, for use on the 240-mile round-trip between Dumfries and Edinburgh. The new order consists of three 10.8m B8RLE-MCV eVoRas and one larger…

First Bus has partnered with an Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology firm to revolutionise services for its customers following a successful rollout in West Yorkshire and the West of England. The new three-year £4.5m partnership is with Prospective.io, an AI company…

Bus operator Stagecoach has placed an order for 20 of the new Alexander Dennis battery electric Enviro100EV model, launched in November. The Scottish Government’s ScotZEB challenge fund supported the acquisition and the vehicles are expected to be allocated to operating…

Oxford Bus Company has taken delivery of 21 zero-emission battery electric Wrighbus StreetDeck Electroliner double-deck buses for its operations in the city. The new Brookesbus fleet, which is owned and run by the operator, will replace the existing fleet of…

Project CAVForth has taken the headline Vehicle of the Year prize at the inaugural Self-driving Industry Awards. The trophy, which was handed out at a ceremony held at the Turner Contemporary in Margate on 17 November, recognised the project involving…

A new £2 million competition is launching to encourage businesses and local authorities to work together to develop and trial transport schemes that cut emissions in the long term. The Transport Decarbonisation Demonstrators programme, funded by the Department for Transport…